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Alan Cumming (Actor) .. Leo Struthers

Born: January 27, 1965 in Aberfeldy, Scotland

Best Known For: X-Men 2 and numerous stage roles.

Early-life: Alan Cumming was born in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, on January 27, 1965, to Alex and Mary. His father worked as a forester on the Atholl Estate before the entire family, including Alan's elder brother Tom, moved to the east coast of Scotland in 1969. He developed his passion for drama at school and, after taking part in amateur plays, joined the Carnoustie Theatre Club and Musical Society. Between leaving school and beginning a three-year course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, he worked at a publishers on the magazine Tops.

Career: Cumming's cabaret act, Victor and Barry, with Forbes Masson, was critically acclaimed, winning numerous awards. TV roles quickly followed, but he continued working on the stage. Stints with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre raised his profile, as did his accolades following his film debut in the drama Prague (1992). In 1994, he starred in TV sitcom The High Life, closely followed by the movies Circle of Friends (1995), GoldenEye (1995) and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997). More recently, he has worked on three Spy Kids films (2001-2003), X-Men 2 (2003), The Tempest (2010), Burlesque (2010) and TV drama The Good Wife. A firm favourite on Broadway, Cumming won a Tony Award in 1998 for playing the MC in Caberet. He returned to the role in 2014.

Quote: 'Once in a while it's good to challenge yourself in a way that's really daunting.'

Trivia: He became a dual-national in 2008 when he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States at a ceremony in New York.

David Morrissey (Actor) .. Clive Goss

Born: June 21, 1964 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Playing The Governor in AMC TV series The Walking Dead.

Early-life: David Mark Morrissey is the youngest of four children and was born in Liverpool on June 21, 1964. When Morrissey was 15, his father, a shoe repairman and key cutter, died after suffering from a blood disorder. David was inspired to become an actor after seeing Ken Loach's film Kes. Aged 16 he joined the Everyman Youth Theatre during the golden age of dramatists Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell. His contemporaries included Cathy Tyson and Ian Hart. He also spent time working on sets and costumes for a Wolverhampton theatre company.

Career: Morrissey's big break came at the age of 18 when he landed the lead role of Billy Rizley in Channel 4's first drama series, One Summer. After that he trained at Rada. A steady stream of small-screen and theatre roles followed. At the 2004 Bafta awards, Morrissey was nominated for Best TV Actor for his performance in the drama serial, State of Play. In the same year, The Deal, in which he co-starred as Gordon Brown to Michael Sheen's Tony Blair, won the award for Best Single Drama. Projects since include Blackpool, Cape Wrath, Red Riding, Basic Instinct 2, Nowhere Boy, Mrs Mandela, Doctor Who and a starring role in adaptations of Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne books for Sky1. In 2012, he joined the cast of The Walking Dead, and continues to work on stage whenever his busy schedule allows.

Quote: 'You never have any control over what people write or what they think, but there is a sense of me as a working-class lad done very well. I don't know where that comes from.'

Trivia: Morrissey is a lifelong Liverpool FC fan.

Elizabeth Berrington (Actor) .. Stephanie Dale

Pooky Quesnel (Actor) .. Marie Goss

Paul Rhys (Actor) .. Melba

Iz Hesketh (Actor) .. Zee Malone

Joseph Evans (Actor) .. Saul Goss

Jackson Connor (Actor) .. George Goss

Ania Marson (Actor) .. Bridget

Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo (Actor) .. Judy Khumalo

Gabriel Clark (Actor) .. Mikey Driscoll

Shakeel Kimotho (Actor) .. Hanna Ayomide

Dominic Holmes (Actor) .. Regime

Colin Connor (Actor) .. Connor Brady

Alex Williams (Actor) .. Rajesh

Denise Welch (Actor) .. Diane Vazey

Born: May 22, 1958 in Ebchester, Co Durham

Best Known For: Being a former Loose Woman.

Early-life: Born Jacqueline Denise Welch on May 22, 1958, in Ebchester, Co Durham. Her father ran the now defunct Welch's Toffee Company and also performed as a drag act, and her mother was a nurse. Denise enjoyed acting in school productions, but was all set to go to teacher training college until her father and drama teacher convinced her to apply to the Mountview Theatre School instead. She studied there for three years, and began winning stage roles shortly after graduation.

Career: Denise starred in a variety of hit TV dramas including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Byker Grove, Soldier Soldier and Spender before landing the part of Natalie in Coronation Street in 1997. She stayed on the soap opera for four years but left when she discovered she was pregnant with her second child. She was asked to present This Morning following the departure of Richard and Judy, but turned the offer down. She went on to make appearances in TV shows The Vice, Born and Bred, and Down to Earth, before joining the cast of Waterloo Road. The actress has also hit the charts with the singles You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and Cry Me A River. She was a panellist on Loose Women between 2002 and 2013. In August 2013, she was a contestant on ITV's dancing reality series Stepping Out.

Quote: 'I do know that I feel a better wife and better mum the way I lead my life now. That's the wonderful thing - I have two fantastic kids and we're doing really well.'

Trivia: Her autobiography, Pulling Myself Together, was published in 2010.

Hassan Maarfi (Actor) .. Hashim Habib

Dale Monie (Actor) .. Craig Calloway

Sophia Smith (Actor) .. Molly

Gbenga Jempeji (Actor) .. Taxi driver

Kevwe Emefe (Actor) .. Taxi driver's girlfriend

Russell T Davies (Writer)

Born: April 27, 1963 in Swansea

Best Known For: The 2005 revival of Doctor Who.

Early-life: Stephen Russell Davies was born in Swansea on April 27, 1963 to teachers Vivian and Barbara. He aspired to be a comic artist but focused instead on writing. After graduating from Oxford University, he joined the BBC's children's department in 1985 and did various jobs, including writing and producing. He began focusing on writing adult TV dramas in 1994.

Career: Davies' big break came in 1999 when he created Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk, based on his experiences of Manchester's gay scene. He followed this up with Bob & Rose, The Second Coming, Mine All Mine, and Casanova. He is perhaps best known for reviving Doctor Who in 2005, with Christopher Eccleston in the title role. The success of the show led to spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. In 2009, he moved to Los Angeles to work on Torchwood: Miracle Day. After returning to the UK, he co-created CBBC drama Wizards vs Aliens. More recently, he worked on Cucumber, Banana and Tofu.

Quote: 'There should be more male nudity on TV.'

Trivia: Davies' writing processes are explored in the 2008 book The Writer's Tale, a collection of emails between Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook.

Nicola Shindler (Executive producer)

Peter Hoar (Executive producer)

Phil Collinson (Producer)

01:05 am - 02:10 am, Thursday, June 11 on 4seven (49)

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